They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, the field Abraham had bought as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
In context
11When the Canaanites living there saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “The Egyptians are holding a solemn ceremony of mourning.” That is why the place near the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim. 12So Jacob’s sons did for him just as he had instructed them. 13They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, the field Abraham had bought as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite. 14After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father. 15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph still holds a grudge against us, and pays us back in full for all the wrong we did to him?”
